ALEPPO, Mar. 30 (Press Shia Agency) – Syrian army units continued operations in the eastern countryside of Aleppo and established control over Deir Hafer city and 27 towns and villages in its surrounding and secured 24 km of Aleppo-Raqqa international highway, according to a military source.

The source added that hundreds of ISIL terrorists were killed, many others were injured and tens of different types of vehicles were destroyed due to the army’s operations in the area.

The source pointed out that the city of Deir Hafer is the first and most important stronghold for ISIL in Syria.